The Little Prince

A pilot marooned in the desert is visited by a little prince, and they become friends. The prince comes from a tiny planet far away where all that exists are three volcanoes and a single rose.

The prince tends the planet and is in love with the rose, who returns his love but is unable to express it so the little prince leaves to explore the wider universe. Only when face to face with the absurdities of the adult world, does he finally realise that he has left behind all that really matters to him.

The story makes several profound and idealistic observations about life and human nature. The essence is contained in the lines uttered by a fox to the little prince: 'You can only see clearly with the heart. What matters is invisible to the eye.'

Joann Sfar's quirky, stylised drawings and vivid colours work beautifully with the minimal, unobtrusive text to perfectly capture the strange and magical world of the Little Prince. This is a lovely book for children and adults alike to keep and revisit time and time again.

A beautiful graphic novel adapted from the classic French children's book Le Petit Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.